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Curiosities

1. Bowery Wine Company

13 E 1st St (btw Bowery & 2nd), New York, NY
Wine Bar · East Village · 15 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Go outside, turn left, walk deliberately to Bowery, turn around, lower your eyes, watch the sidewalk, walk back the way you came. Shout the Eliot you find written there before returning to your wine. Read more.

2. High Line

9.5
btwn Gansevoort & W 34th St (btwn 10th & 12th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Chelsea · 1495 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Rehydrate at each of the two water fountains in Section 2, and listen carefully.

Meebo Satellite (formerly Mindset Media) is one of Curiosities.

3. Meebo Satellite (formerly Mindset Media)

12 W 21st St (btw 5th Ave & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Tech Startup · Flatiron District · 1 tip

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Wear a trench coat and sunglasses as you go up the elevator. Take a left through the door and walk back towards the kitchen. Are you sure there was a brick wall behind that window when you arrived? Read more.

4. Half Way House

979 Willoughby, Brooklyn, NY
Coworking Space · Bushwick · 3 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Bring a sledgehammer and find the extra bathroom that's been hidden behind some drywall. Read more.

5. Village East by Angelika

8.0
181-189 2nd Ave (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Indie Movie Theater · East Village · 107 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Watch a film in Auditorium 1 upstairs - it's one of the most beautiful theaters I've ever been in.

6. Veselka

8.9
144 2nd Ave (at E 9th St), New York, NY
Ukrainian Restaurant · East Village · 649 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Veselka is like The Game, but the other rule is that if you lose then you have to go there. Read more.

7. GUM

8.8
(ГУМ)
Красная пл., 3, Москва, Москва
Shopping Mall · Китай-город · 1026 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: On a Saturday afternoon the brides getting photographed with their grooms in the maze-like upper walkways feel like ghosts in a game of Pac-Man. Don't get too close or you'll ruin their shots!

8. Lasting Art

110 W 28th St (at 6th Ave), New York, NY
Flower Store · Chelsea · 1 tip

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Explore the entire Flower District on W 28th between 6th & 7th, but be sure to pop inside this store of fake plants! ~5am when deliveries arrive is supposed to be best. Thanks Scouting NY for the tip! Read more.

9. U Sudu

7.3
Vodičkova 677/10, Praha 1, Hlavní město Praha
Wine Bar · 74 tips and reviews

Christine T.Christine Taffe: Go down, to the right, down, to the right, down, to the right, down, to the right, UP - and you've made it to the cavernous bar where the DJ spins good stuff on the weekends. And pivo is only 35 czk!

Bed Bath & Beyond is one of Curiosities.

10. Bed Bath & Beyond

620 Avenue of the Americas (btwn W 18th & W 19th St), New York, NY
Furniture and Home Store · Flatiron District · 116 tips and reviews

Steven L.Steven Lehrburger: Your skein of thread is useless in this Labyrinth, as you cannot escape through the same door via which you entered. Watch for shifting walls, and beware the Minotaur lurking amongst the duvet covers!